The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1887-02-11
CunnsSr EVENTS.

Hon q N Denny has begun q suit Tor
eighteen lots In Arlington.
Talk of Europcanwar Is just simply talk.
They wiil never fight. Nowadays all the
fighting Is done by newspapers.
Mr. Stephen Moss has been appointed
Il Post Master at Chewaucan, Lake county.
A solid appointment In every respect
II Is estimated that $4,000 will secure the
Willamette at Corvallis againstthe calamity
lof dlvertlng It's course from that city. Revet-
ing with a brush mattress Is the plan pro-
posed.
A bin providing for an appropriation of
100000 for steamboat railway at The
Dalles was reported Ia Congress last week
by the committee on transportation.
The Woman's Suffrage law of Washing.
ton Territory has been declared nnconstitu.
tional Langford and Turner voted aye |;
Chief Justice Greene dissented.
The word show Is first used In Psalms
III.
\ A Congressman who Is keeping house In
| Washington started down town the other
morning and his wife stopped him.
| AMY dear" she said, "dont forget To send
up that coal. There isn't enough in the
place to get dinner with"
"Can't Il 20 over day fe
"No. II can't" she said. Gushing up III.
tie. at Is made special order for to-day,
aud II Il doesn't come up YOU will hear from
one of your constituents who Is not to be
| triiled WITH
II came mp.
The gentleman with the sliar card" will
please ste? forward and peruse the following
from the Tacoma Ledger "a man named
Iordin while walking along the Pupallup
railroad hearings train coming behind, turn
cd quickly around, falling across the track,
which was on an embankment. Half OF his
body lay outside of the rails, and In an In.
slant he would have been cut In two,bu by
quick move he threw his heels In the air,
his head and shoulders lying against the
embankment. When the train had passed
he got up and found that the wheels OF the
cars ha taken the seat of his breeches out
as artistically as could 4 journeyman tailor
have done. After feeling of his limbs and
finding them whole, he got up ard walked
home.
AT swell dinner party, says the Chicago
later OreaR, the hostess retired 70 her bou.
doir with the ladies, leaving her husband 10
open the Havana case and loosen the tongues
of the gentlemen, while she displayed a tray
OF very choice opals, purchased In Mexico a
4
was devoted 10 both occupations, and when
madame came TO collect the "melancholy
gems the one OF great price was missing
One lady had been especially outspoken IN
her admiration for the solitaire. and when
the search among the rugs and rufiied trains
was exhausted, the mistress openly accused
her appreciative guest OF appropriating the
stone. The CONSERVATION that ensued
would have been a fortune to ar Ouida.
Jewelled hands went up in astonishment,
plumbagoed eyebrows followed, lovely white
arms were beseechingly extended TO the
/ fearless hostess, who stamped about like q
drum major, raised her voice 10 r sharp and
authoritatively demanded the restoration Of
her 4sunset opal" The accused, who Is
something Of DelSarte, caught her cue.
reeled toward a Persian couch, screamed and
fell back with degree Of artistic finish that
merited promotion 10 the most advanced
class. OF course the party broke up. and
the correspondence now going on bears the
stamp and signature OF two well-known
lawyers.
The Siglin crowd in the famous Siglin.
Wager controversy completely backed down.
They didn't turn out worth copper cent.
A bill before the Legislature provides that
foreign insurance companies doing business
in Oregon shall pay $500 each in annual
dues for the benefit of the fireman Of the
State Certainly Il Is a fact that the more
efficient fremen there are the less Is the loss
of the insur ance company.
A row between Hermann anl the p. o.
officials at Washington j. reported because
Oregon has inadequate mail facilities.
Geo HanseI.whilc skating on Union Lake,
near Seattle, last Sabbath. was drowned.
Thn following from the Nesys Is interest.
ing A Portlander, who has just returned
from Victoria, says the passage of the Fish
cries Retaliation bill by the United States
Senate has aroused much discussion. Vic
toria Is British city, and the sympathy of
the English residents Is. of course, with the
home Government. There is no loud war
talk, but the Britishers express their ability
10 thrash Uncle Sam with pop guns-pro-
vided the latter will fight that way and
this is highly improbable, judging from the
records Of I776 and 1872. The Portlander
said the militia at Victoria, Port sdoody, Van
couver and New Westminster have been
ordered to drill regularly. Esquimault Is
jealously guarded, and suspicious Characters
watched closely. Not long ago a man was
taken In custody who had in his possession
a chart of Victoria harbor which he made.
AHC CAisatb Wsha tAACh AfOtAa iliiA sAttA A&9tA0y
ed.
/ Secretary Manning, Il Is reported will re-
tire from Cleveiand's Cabinet at the close oi
the present session OF Congress, and accept
the Presidency Of bank.
The Office OF Attorney General will prob
ably be established by the present Legisla-
ture,and already there are several applicants
for the chicken before II is Matched.
The rule in Western Oregon in reference
TO snow is reversed to that in the East. Last
week It was about ten inches at Albany and
Increased to nearly three feet at Ashland
Last Saturday frightful railroad acci.
dent occurred near Montreal, VT. About
sixty passengers suffered excruciating death
! from injuries and the burning cars. The
train went through bridge and the scene
that followed was one of the most horrible
In the history Of railroading.
Richard ] Murphy now of San Francisco
recently of the State penitcntiary, has suet
the Oyeg0HiaH for $4,000. lie will prob
ably recover o.
. On Tuesday r. Thompson was confirm
ed p. Nj. at Albany, Jason Wheeler Agen
, at Warm Springs and J McClane a
Grand Ronde.
George Rogers, editor Of the Lance, a
Salem, has been appointed printing expef
by the Governor.
The bill to increase the salaries of Tn
Supreme Judges was beaten in the Senate
81 Valentine social.